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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
: Mitral Valve ( ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... #Orientations #Atlas ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Pt had mitral valve ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
A: Apical SC ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
failure • Altered mental ... • Using IV heroin ... demonstrate a mobile mitral ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
catheter • Recent dental ... CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
catheter • Recent dental ... Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology